The Front for Life and updating the Brazilian Health Sector Reform Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5334334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonia Fleury (0000-0002-7678-7642, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, corresponding author), Ana Ester Maria Melo Moreira (0000-0002-8313-4375, Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba), Munyra Barreto (0009-0006-6408-9587, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde da Bahia (Sesab), Brasil), Jamilli Silva Santos (0000-0001-8965-0904, Universidade Federal da Bahia) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 141 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Saúde em Debate (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-1104 • E-ISSN: 2358-2898 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/2358-289820241418973i |
| OpenAlex | W4399975842 |
| SciELO | S0103-11042024000200206 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper examined the Front for Life (Frente pela Vida, FpV), a movement of organised civil society in the health field, which sought to achieve political impact in response to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of the Bolsonaro administration. Information was obtained through a document review of FpV publications, participant observation in meetings, demonstrations, livestreams and events in which the front participated or organised, as well as interviews of participants in its operating group. The analytical categories used were origin, trajectory, movements, management, the relationship between the FpV and the health sector reform movement, sustainability, challenges and the FpV's prospects. The results showed that the FpV has led a large policy network of individual and collective subjects, scientific entities and organisations representing various segments of civil society to update the health sector movement and expand its social support base. Its trajectory has involved mainly technical, scientific and political action in multiple areas, working with the Executive, Judiciary and Legislative branches of government, as well as civil society. In conclusion, the FpV has proved to be an important social movement pressing the State to defend life and the universal right to health and to expand and strengthen Brazil's Unified Health System, the SUS
Aesthetics · Art · Environmental health · Front (military) · Geography · Health sector · Health services · Meteorology · Movement (music) · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Political science · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Public Health in Brazil
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |